Launch Overview
Vehicle
M-V
Agency
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Site / Pad
KASC / M-V
Outcome
Success
Flight
M-V-6
COSPAR Designator
2005-025
Mission
Suzaku (Astrophysics)
Suzaku (formerly ASTRO-EII) was an X-ray astronomy satellite developed jointly by the Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science at JAXA and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to probe high energy X-ray sources, such as supernova explosions, black holes and galactic clusters. It was launched on 10 July 2005 aboard the M-V rocket on the M-V-6 mission. After its successful launch, the satellite was renamed Suzaku after the mythical Vermilion bird of the South
Vehicle & Provider
Rocket
M-V
Provider
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Agency launches
15 (2 YTD)
Site launches
33 (1 YTD)
Pad launches
28 (1 YTD)